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Organising care

12 guides on this theme

How home care is set up: the prescription, the first visit, the rhythm of subsequent visits, what is reported back to the treating doctor and what changes when a locum steps in. These guides describe how the practice plans to work; they never replace the prescriber's advice.

  • Coordination

    Professional secrecy at home: who knows what, and how far

    Home care happens in front of the family, in a hallway, sometimes with the door open. Here is how confidentiality still holds: what is written, what is shared, what never leaves the record, and what you can demand.

    Written by Julie Martin · · 3 min read

  • Organising care

    Caring for a relative without burning out: what can be handed over

    Carers usually hold the household, the appointments, the treatments and the morale. Here is what a nursing practice can take over, what belongs to another scheme, and the warning signs that should trigger a change before things break.

    Written by Julie Martin · · 3 min read

  • Organising care

    Home nursing service, hospital-at-home or private nurse: who does what

    Three French schemes deliver care at home, with different prescribers, delays and funding. Here is how they genuinely differ, how to move from one to another, and what changes in practice for the patient.

    Written by Rabah Slimani · · 3 min read

  • Coordination

    Hospital discharge: arranging the nursing handover at home

    What the practice asks for, what it guarantees and within what deadlines, so a hospital discharge becomes home care with no gap: the call, the documents, the first visit, the supplies, the written report.

    Written by Rabah Slimani · · 3 min read

  • Coordination

    Home blood draws: what really decides whether a result is reliable

    Between the needle and the laboratory analyser, a tube goes through a critical hour. Here is how the practice organises timing, patient identification, transport and result handling with local laboratories.

    Written by Julie Martin · · 3 min read

  • Organising care

    Pressure sores and falls: the two risks that unfold between visits

    Both complications build up outside our visits, in the hours when nobody is there. What relatives can watch for, and when to call us.

    Written by Rabah Slimani · · 4 min read

  • Organising care

    Locum work at the practice: the round, tools, contract, terms

    What a locum nurse should know before committing: the real volume of the round, available protocols, supplies, fee split, professional formalities and how handover works.

    Written by Rabah Slimani · · 3 min read

  • Organising care

    How the practice is organised: protocols, hygiene, traceability

    The round, written protocols, hygiene, supplies, waste, data and continuity: the practice's internal mechanics, described for those who want to know before entrusting a patient.

    Written by Rabah Slimani · · 3 min read

  • Coordination

    Referring a patient: how the practice works with doctors

    Response times, handover format, alert criteria, holiday continuity, traceability: what a doctor gets when referring a patient to us, written down.

    Written by Julie Martin · · 3 min read

  • Organising care

    How home nursing works in France

    Who prescribes, who treats, who pays, who coordinates: the full chain between patient, doctor, nursing practice, health insurance, laboratory and hospital, explained without jargon.

    Written by Julie Martin · · 3 min read

  • Supplies and the home

    Insulin, dressings, syringes: where and how to store them

    The storage mistakes we see most often in homes, and how to avoid them without turning the kitchen into a pharmacy.

    Written by Julie Martin · · 4 min read

  • Organising care

    Preparing the home before leaving hospital

    What is best sorted the day before discharge so the first nursing visit is spent on care, not on hunting for supplies.

    Written by Rabah Slimani · · 5 min read

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